No compensation except medical benefits shall be allowed for the first five (5) days of the disability. In case the injury results in disability of fourteen (14) days or more, the compensation shall be allowed from the date of disability.
Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-11
Waiting period
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 71–71 (99 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 638 So. 2d 1252 - Smith v. Sneed (1994)
Most recently applied in Parchman v. Amwood Products, Inc. (January 2007)
Codes, 1942, § 6998-06; Laws, 1948, ch. 354, § 6a; Laws, 1950, ch. 412, § 4; Laws, 1958, ch. 454, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 473, § 6; reenacted without chan…
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